A nurse is reviewing the literature about impaired nursing practice. Which point would the nurse expect to find?
A) Evident that nurses using substances moderately were more critical of nurses who used substances irresponsibly.
B) Nurses with permissive attitudes placed more value on the substances involved in misuse.
C) There is lack of a consistent theme on substance abuse among nurses, nursing students, and health care professionals in general.
D) Nurses used similar approaches when reporting an impaired peer as when reporting technical incompetence.
C
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What will be an ideal response?